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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that rest
mnuwchah (Hebrew #4496)
feminine of 4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
KJV usage: comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.
Pronounce: men-oo-khaw'
Origin: or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}
was good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
, and the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
that it was pleasant
na`em (Hebrew #5276)
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
Pronounce: naw-ame'
Origin: a primitive root
; and bowed
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
his shoulder
shkem (Hebrew #7926)
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
KJV usage: back, X consent, portion, shoulder.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: from 7925
to bear
cabal (Hebrew #5445)
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
KJV usage: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
Pronounce: saw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and became a servant
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
unto tribute
mac (Hebrew #4522)
from 4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor
KJV usage: discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Pronounce: mas
Origin: or mic {mees}
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Servant,
Shoulder,
To Bow Down,
Tribute

Cross References

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rest.
Josh. 14:15• 15Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land rested from war. (Josh. 14:15)
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Judg. 3:11• 11And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (Judg. 3:11)
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2 Sam. 7:1• 1And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies, (2 Sam. 7:1)
bowed.
Psa. 81:6• 6I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. (Psa. 81:6)
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Ezek. 29:18• 18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to do hard service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he from Tyre no wages, nor his army, for the service that he had served against it. (Ezek. 29:18)
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Matt. 23:4• 4but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. (Matt. 23:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.